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Re: dpkg issues

bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) wrote:
>From: Christoph <debian@waterf.org>
>> They have been pointed out over and over and over again. There are obvious
>> design flaws in dpkg that are not addressed. There are issues with dselect
>> that are never addressed. There is a huge bug list that is not worked on.
>
>> Instead of working on the issues Ian attacks those trying to offer
>> solutions
>
>I'm afraid I have to agree with these points. It's been obvious for a while
>that dpkg is the biggest problem with Debian. I sincerely believe we should
>have given up the fight and made the switch to RPM a while ago. I think it's
>time to do so now.

The major point I have against this is that there are several aspects of
dpkg that aren't in RPM, and vice versa. I haven't looked closely at RPM,
but at the moment, diversity is a Good Thing(tm).

I sincerely believe that having two different package managers available,
both under the GPL, is good for the Linux community. It basically becomes
a case of the two feeding off each other; it lends itself to a great deal
more innovation than if there are variations on the theme.

I'd really hate to see dpkg disappear, at least at this early stage of
the game.. especially given the amount of effort that has been put into
creating the Debian distribution, based around dpkg.


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